Vernon County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Deeds, 1851-1954

Contents List

Container Title
Part 1 (US Mss 149AN; Audio 1773A; film call numbers): Original Collection, 1939-1976
Physical Description: 4.8 cubic feet (12 archives boxes), 57 audio recordings (1/4-inch reel), and 45 films (16 mm) 
Scope and Content Note

The Ernest Pendrell Papers, 1959-1976, consist primarily of material on his production of documentaries for television and motion pictures, but there is also a small amount on his plays and a ballad he wrote. The collection is arranged into 8 series: Theater; Motion Pictures; Ballad; Television – Produced; Television – Unproduced; Correspondence; Films; and Audio Recordings.

Included in the Theater series are scripts of four plays, 1959-1962, that were produced in Europe (mainly England) and on Broadway. Arrangement is by copyright date.

The Motion Pictures series contains material on two films: Even For One (Dynamic Films, produced for the AMA, 1954), which was awarded the Golden Reel for the best film of its type for that year and The Guns of August (Universal, 1964), a documentary about the outbreak of World War.

There is a draft of a ballad he wrote in 1973, "The Ballad of George Williams (The Tale of a Very Old War)."

Television material, 1962-1973, is arranged in two parts: produced and unproduced. The Television -- Produced series contains a script for the Dupont Show the Week), and a script for a production on British television called The Day the Madonna Sang (1962). There are also transcripts of some of the extensive interviews Pendrell did as part of his research for a production, correspondence, scripts, and production materials for documentaries he prepared for ABC's Scope series, ABC's Directions, and PBS's Feeling Good, as well as half-hour and hour documentaries for ABC and NBC. These include such outstanding documentaries as the award-winning Terror in Northern Ireland, and Energy Crisis: The Nuclear Alternative. Arrangement is chronological by airdate and thereunder by production order. Several of his ABC productions are also represented by films. The films are listed in the Films series.

The Television – Unproduced series consists of shooting scripts and scant correspondence about some of his uncompleted documentaries, 1965-1968.

The Correspondence series contains correspondence regarding his personal affairs, business matters such as network policies and production problems inherent in producing series of documentaries, a 1972 seminar on American documentary film making sponsored by the Colombian government, and the establishment of this collection in the Wisconsin Center for Theater Research.

The Films series are copies of some of the documentaries produced including those for ABC Scope.

The Audio Recordings series consists mostly of recordings on “Drugs” from ABC, as well as a few other recordings.

U.S. Mss 149AN
Series: Theater
Box   1
  Folder   1
The Other Image (Optioned for Broadway), Script 1959
Seven Times Monday (Westport County Playhouse, July 22, 1957)
Box   1
  Folder   2
Printed Scripts, 1961
The Tailor (produced in Europe as The Eighth Day)
Box   1
  Folder   3
Script, 1962
"The Thief" (produced on CBS Breakthrough)
Box   1
  Folder   4
First draft script, 1962 July 19
Series: Motion Pictures
Even for One (Dynamic Films, produced for the AMA, 1954)
Box   1
  Folder   5
Shooting script
The Guns of August (Universal, 1964)
Box   1
  Folder   6
Synopsis
Box   1
  Folder   7-8
Continuity Outline
Series: Ballad
Box   1
  Folder   9
"Ballad of George Williams (The Tale of a Very Old War)", 1973
Series: Television-Produced
DuPont Show of the Week
Box   1
  Folder   10
"The Betrayal," : script, first revision 1962 September 5
"The Day the Madonna Sang" (British television)
Box   1
  Folder   11
Script, 1962-1968
Scope (ABC series)
"Pain Is My Enemy" (1964 December 5)
Box   1
  Folder   12
Research and production materials, 1956-1961, 1964-1965
Box   1
  Folder   13
"The Gift" (1964 December 23), 1964 December 5-23
Box   1
  Folder   14
"Out with the Old" : treatment, 1965 January 11
Box   1
  Folder   15-16
"Children of Death" (1965 March 17), 1965 January 1-1969 December 16
Box   1
  Folder   17
Shooting script, 1965
Box   2
  Folder   1
"Westerns-European Style" (1965 July 28), 1965 May-1966 August 3
Note: See also Films.
Box   2
  Folder   2
"Men Around LBJ" : shooting script, 1965 September 29
Box   2
  Folder   3-4
"Orphans of the Living" (1966 January 29), 1965 November 17-1968 May 29
Box   2
  Folder   5-6
"Music at the Prado" (1966 November 28), 1966 November 28; 1967 March 3
Directions (ABC)
"A Comforting Hand: Disciples of Christ"
Scope and Content Note: The story of the ministry of Rev. Howard McKinley Fawbush.
Box   11
  Folder   1
Production notes, 1974 February and April
Box   11
  Folder   2
Script, 1974 May
"The House that Christ Built"
Scope and Content Note: An in-depth look at the Greek Orthodox Church.
Research notes
Box   11
  Folder   3
Greek Orthodox Church, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1974, undated
Box   11
  Folder   4
Byzantine Art, undated
Box   11
  Folder   5
Address and transcript of Archbishop Iakovos, 1974 October 20, undated
Box   11
  Folder   6
Biographies, miscellaneous undated
Box   11
  Folder   7
Outline, 1973
Box   11
  Folder   8
Shot list, 1974 October 19
Box   11
  Folder   9
Budget, 1974 October 30
Box   11
  Folder   10
Outline of cuts, 1974 November 24
Box   11
  Folder   11
Production notes, schedules, memoranda 1974 October-December
Box   11
  Folder   12
Drafts of script, undated
Box   11
  Folder   13
Air script, circa 1974
Box   11
  Folder   14
Fan mail, 1974-1975
"They'll Know We Are Christians by Our Love"
Scope and Content Note: A study of a new development in theological education in which seminarians and other professionals are taught about physical and emotional love as a tool for counseling their parishioners on sexual problems.
Box   11
  Folder   15
Research notes, 1974-1975, undated
Box   11
  Folder   16
Budget, 1974 December 13 and 18
Box   11
  Folder   17
Outline, 1974 December 30
Box   11
  Folder   18
Production notes, schedules, memoranda 1974
Box   11
  Folder   19
Vitae of possible narrators, undated
Box   11
  Folder   20
Shot list, 1975 January 3
Box   11
  Folder   21
Scripts, 1975
Box   11
  Folder   22
Audience comments, 1975 May
"The Age of the Warrior"
Scope and Content Note: A program focusing on the United States military and nuclear power from 1945 to 1975.
Research notes
Box   11
  Folder   23
Appendices #1-#11, 1961, 1975, undated
Box   11
  Folder   24
Appendices #12-#16, 1975, undated
Box   12
  Folder   1
Outline, 1975 September 8
Feeling Good (PBS)
Scope and Content Note: Hosted by Dick Cavett.
"Is Eating Necessary?"
Scope and Content Note: Regarding the problem of being overweight.
Box   12
  Folder   2
Research notes, undated
Transcripts of interviews
Box   12
  Folder   3
1975 May 19
Box   12
  Folder   4
1975 May 23
Box   12
  Folder   5
Production notes, 1975 May
Box   12
  Folder   6
Telecast script, 1975 May 28
Half-Hour Documentaries (Produced for ABC)
The Kid Next Door Smokes Pot (1970 June 8)
Box   2
  Folder   7
Correspondence, 1969 January 16-1970 July 28
Box   2
  Folder   8
Research and Production Materials, 1969 November 14-1970 July 28
Box   2
  Folder   9-10
Film Transcripts
Box   2
  Folder   11
Scripts and Clippings, 1970 February 19-June 8
Box   2
  Folder   12-13
The Precious Years (1970 June 15), 1970 April 22-1971 February 10
Help! (1970 August 3)
Note: See also Films.
Box   2
  Folder   14
Correspondence and Production Materials, 1970 May 5-August 25
Box   2
  Folder   15-16
Transcripts
Box   2
  Folder   17
Clippings and Reviews, 1970 June 12-August
Terror in Northern Ireland (1971 December 20)
Box   3
  Folder   1
Correspondence and Budget Materials, 1971 October 6-1972 April 19
Box   3
  Folder   2
Research and Production Materials, 1971 October 5-December 17
Box   3
  Folder   4-5
Transcripts
Box   3
  Folder   6
Film Script, 1971 December 20
Box   3
  Folder   7
Clippings and Reviews, 1971 December
Can You Go Home Again?: The Story of Amnesty (1972 April 24)
Note: See also Films.
Box   3
  Folder   8
Correspondence and Budget Materials, 1972 January 1-March 14
Box   3
  Folder   9-10
Research Materials, 1972 January 25-February 1
Box   3
  Folder   11
Production Materials, 1972 January 3-April 4
Box   3
  Folder   12
Transcripts
Box   4
  Folder   1
Transcripts (continued)
Box   4
  Folder   2
Clippings and Reviews, 1972 March 27-August 17
Black Servicemen: Don't Call Me Boy! (1972 August 16)
Note: See also Films.
Box   4
  Folder   3
Correspondence and Production Materials, 1972 April 4-August 21
Box   4
  Folder   4-6
Transcripts
Box   4
  Folder   7
Clippings and Reviews, 1972 July 24-September 13
Hour Documentaries (Produced for ABC unless otherwise credited)
Smalltown, U.S.A. (NBC, 1964 September 18)
Box   4
  Folder   8
Transcript
To Save a Soldier (1966 October 24)
Box   4
  Folder   9
Correspondence and Production Materials, 1966 April 27-November 14
Box   5
  Folder   1
Shooting script
Box   5
  Folder   2
Clippings and Reviews, 1966 August 15-1967 April
Marathon: The Story of Young Drug Users (1967 June 8)
Note: See also Films.
Box   5
  Folder   3
Correspondence and Production Materials, 1967 January 27-1968 February 28
Box   5
  Folder   4-8
Transcripts
Box   6
  Folder   1-3
Transcripts (continued)
Box   6
  Folder   4
Clippings and Reviews, 1967 May 17-1971 April 8
The Pursuit of Excellence: The Vienna Boys Choir (1968 February 24)
Note: See also Films.
Box   6
  Folder   5
Correspondence, 1967 June 16-1968 December 26
Box   6
  Folder   6
Budget Materials and Production Materials, 1967 June 15-November 15
Box   6
  Folder   7
Clippings and Reviews, 1967 July 24-1968 June 27
Newark: The Anatomy of a Riot (1968 July 14)
Box   6
  Folder   8
Correspondence, Clippings, and Reviews 1968 June 27-1972 March 17
The Scientist (1968 November 29)
Note: See also Films.
Box   6
  Folder   9
Correspondence and Production Materials, 1968 January 4-1970 February 16
Box   7
  Folder   1
Scripts, Transcript, Clippings, and Reviews 1968 February 3-1969 January 3
Abortion (1969 June 5)
Note: See also Films.
Box   7
  Folder   2
Correspondence and Production Materials, 1969 January 27-November 26
Box   7
  Folder   3
Clippings and Reviews, 1969 May 22-August 9
A Matter of Conscience: Ethics in Government (1969 September 19)
Box   7
  Folder   4
Correspondence and Production Materials, 1969 June 18-October 13
Box   7
  Folder   5-6
Transcripts
Box   7
  Folder   7
Scripts, 1969 July 12; 1969 September 19
The American Adventure (1970 December 28)
Box   7
  Folder   8
Correspondence and Production Materials, 1970 July 27-December 23
Box   7
  Folder   9
Clippings and Reviews, 1970 September 1-1971 January 21
The Anatomy of Welfare (1971 April 24)
Note: See also Films.
Box   7
  Folder   10
Correspondence and Production Materials, 1971 January 18-April 21
Box   8
  Folder   1-3
Transcripts
Box   8
  Folder   4
Clippings and Reviews, 1971 April 10-May 14
When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1971 September 1)
Box   8
  Folder   5
Correspondence and Production Materials, 1971 May 8-October 5
Box   8
  Folder   6-7
Transcripts
Box   8
  Folder   8
Shooting script
Box   9
  Folder   1
Clippings and Reviews, 1971 June 15-1972 January 29
Energy Crisis: The Nuclear Alternative (1973 May 31)
Box   9
  Folder   2
Correspondence and Budget Materials, 1972 December 12-1973 June 14
Box   9
  Folder   3-6
Research Materials
Box   9
  Folder   7
Production Materials, 1972 October 27-1973 May 2
Box   9
  Folder   8-9
Transcripts
Box   10
  Folder   1-3
Transcripts (continued)
Box   10
  Folder   4
Clippings and Reviews, 1973 May 10-June
Series: Television - Unproduced
"The Pope"
Box   10
  Folder   5
Correspondence and Shooting Script, 1965 February 30-December 19
"East Germany"
Box   10
  Folder   6
Correspondence, 1965 March 3-1966 May 4
"African Promotion"
Box   10
  Folder   7
Shooting script, 1968 April 1
"The Heart Attack"
Box   10
  Folder   8
Correspondence, 1968 July 19-September 10
Series: Correspondence
Box   10
  Folder   9
Office, 1965 March 10-1973 June 15
Box   10
  Folder   10
Personal, 1965 April-1973 April 19
Box   10
  Folder   11
Colombian, 1972 October 12-November 14
Box   10
  Folder   12
Wisconsin Center for Theater Research, 1972 November 29-1973 June 12
Series: Films
DC 638-DC 639
ABC Directions: Conscience of America, The Years After
Scope and Content Note: ABC News. 1976 June 27. Produced, written, and directed by Ernest Pendrell.
CC 035
ABC Scope: Children of Death
Scope and Content Note: ABC News. 1965 March 17.
CC 039
ABC Scope: Out with the Old
Scope and Content Note: ABC News. 1965 February 17.
DF 676
ABC Scope: Pain is My Enemy
Scope and Content Note: ABC News. 1964 November 11.
CC 958; DC 726
ABC Scope: Westerns European Style
Scope and Content Note: ABC News. 1965 July 28. Produced, written and directed by Ernest Pendrell.
DC 727-DC 728; FH 728
ABC Summer Focus: Abortion
Scope and Content Note: ABC News. 1969 June 5. Produced and written by Ernest Pendrell. Directed by Walker Stuart.
DC 729-DC 730; FH 209
ABC Summer Focus: Marathon--The Story of Young Drug Users
Alternate Format: Digital access copy available.

Scope and Content Note: ABC News. 1967 July 20. Produced and written by Ernest Pendrell. Directed by Walker Stuart.
DC 731-DC 734; FH 210
The Anatomy of Welfare
Scope and Content Note: ABC News. 1971 April 14. Produced, written, and directed by Ernest Pendrell.
DC 735-DC 736
Black Serviceman: Don't Call Me Boy
Scope and Content Note: ABC News. 1972 August 16. Produced, written, and directed by Ernest Pendrell.
CC 659; DC 737
Can You Go Home Again?: The Story of Amnesty
Scope and Content Note: ABC News. 1972 April 24. Produced, written, and directed by Ernest Pendrell.
DF 677
A Comforting Hand: Disciples of Christ
FH 167
Directions: The World of Jesus Christ, A Christmas Celebration
FH 169
Energy Crisis: The Nuclear Alternative
CC 038
The House That Christ Built
DC 738-DC 739; FH 364-FH 365
Man and His Universe: The Scientist
Scope and Content Note: ABC News. 1968. Produced and written by Ernest Pendrell. Directed by Paul Galan.
CD 085; DC 740
Now: Help!
Alternate Format: Digital access copy available.

Scope and Content Note: ABC News. 1970 August 3. Produced, written, and directed by Ernest Pendrell.
CC 036
Now: Kid Next Door Smokes Pot
CC 034
Now: The Presious Years
DC 741-742; FH 170-FH 171; FH 356-FH 357
The Pursuit of Excellence: The Vienna Boys Choir
Scope and Content Note: ABC News. 1968 February 24. Produced and written by Ernest. Pendrell. Directed by Walker Stuart.
CC 037
Terror in Northern Ireland
DF 675; DF 678
They'll Know We Are Chistian By Our Love
Scope and Content Note: Part 1 (DF 675): The Church and Human Sexuality. Part 2 (DF 678): The Church and Homosexuality To Save a Soldier.
FH 168
To Save a Soldier
FH 166
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Series: Audio Recordings
ABC “Drugs”
Audio   1773A/2
Roll #1 4:17 pm-4:46, 1967 February 24
Audio   1773A/3
Roll #2 4:46-5:19, 1967 February 24
Audio   1773A/4
Roll #3 5:19-5:51, 1967 February 24
Audio   1773A/5
Roll #4 5:51-6:23, 1967 February 24
Audio   1773A/6
Roll #5 6:23-6:56, 1967 February 24
Audio   1773A/7
Roll #6 6:56-7:27, 1967 February 24
Audio   1773A/8
Roll #7 7:27-8:00, 1967 February 24
Audio   1773A/9
Roll #8 7:59-8:29, 1967 February 24
Audio   1773A/10
Roll #9 8:29-9:04, 1967 February 24
Audio   1773A/15
Roll #10 9:04-9:35, 1967 February 24
Audio   1773A/11
Roll #11 9:35-10:08, 1967 February 24
Audio   1773A/12
Roll #12 10:05-10:40, 1967 February 24
Audio   1773A/13
Roll #13 10:40-11:12, 1967 February 24
Audio   1773A/16
Roll #14 11:12-11:44, 1967 February 24
Audio   1773A/17
Roll #15 11:44-12:16, 1967 February 24
Audio   1773A/18
Roll #16 12:16-12:46, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/14
Roll #17 12:46-1:21 am, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/19
Roll #18 1:21-1:55, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/20
Roll #19 1:55-2:26, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/21
Roll #20 2:26-2:58, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/22
Roll #21 2:58-3:30, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/23
Roll #22 3:30-4:01, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/24
Roll #23 4:01-4:32, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/25
Roll #24 4:32-5:02, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/26
Roll #25 5:04-5:35, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/27
Roll #26 5:35-6:07, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/28
Roll #27 6:07-6:39, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/30
Roll #28 6:39-7:10, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/29
Roll #29 7:10-7:42, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/31
Roll #30 7:42-8:15, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/32
Roll #31 8:15-8:46, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/33
Roll #32 8:46-9:16, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/34
Roll #33 9:16-9:50, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/35
Roll #34 9:50-10:20, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/36
Roll #35 10:20-10:57, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/38
Roll #37 4:25 pm-4:55, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/39
Roll #38 4:55-5:28, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/40
Roll #39 5:28-6:00, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/41
Roll #40 6:00-6:31, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/42
Roll #41 6:31-7:04, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/43
Roll #42 7:04-7:09, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/44
Roll #43 7:10-7:12, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/45
Roll #44 7:41-8:14, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/46
Roll #45 8:14-8:41, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/52
Roll #45 8:14-8:46, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/47
Roll #46 8:46-9:17, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/48
Roll #47 9:17-9:50, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/49
Roll #48 9:50-10:21, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/50
Roll #49 10:21-10:55, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/51
Roll #50 10:55-11:23, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/53
Roll #51 11:23-11:57, 1967 February 25
Audio   1773A/54
Roll #52 11:57-end, 1967 February 25
Other recordings
Audio   1773A/1
“Children of Death,” ABC Scope undated
Audio   1773A/55
Vienna Boys' choir concert at Millstadt, undated
Audio   1773A/56
Vienna Boys' choir concert at Millstadt, undated
Audio   1773A/57
Butterfly scope : poems / Anita Lewitova, undated
MCHC77-098
Part 2 (MCHC77-098): Additions, 1977
Physical Description: 0.2 cubic feet (1 half-archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Two scripts, 1977, for a television show entitled Caught, a publicity broadside, and Variety review.
Box   1
Caught : scripts
Box   1
Publicity broadside
Box   1
Variety review
MCHC78-055
Part 3 (MCHC78-055): Additions, 1977-1978
Physical Description: 0.2 cubic feet (1 half-archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1977-1978, with first draft script with corrections, additions, etc., of the television production The Renaissance and the Resurrection.
Box   1
The Renaissance and the Resurrection
MCHC79-012
Part 4 (MCHC79-012): Additions, circa 1979
Physical Description: 0.2 cubic feet (1 half-archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Scripts, drafts, direction, etc. to The World of Jesus Christ.
Box   1
The World of Jesus Christ
MCHC83-071
Part 5 (MCHC83-071): Additions, 1978-1982
Physical Description: 0.2 cubic feet (1 half-archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Scripts and drafts for broadcasts, 1978-1982.
Box   1
Broadcast scripts and drafts, 1978-1982